# Astra Militarum Meta: 40k Winning Tournament Lists > Astra Militarum in the 40k 11th edition meta: share of winning tournament lists, top detachments, the consensus list and the models it needs. Canonical: https://lexmechanic.com/metamerge/astra-militarum § WIN · 11th edition # Astra Militarum Meta: Rank 20 of 28 in the 11th edition field: 2.0% of recent winning lists, holding. What its winners run, merged down to the models. Astra Militarum ranks 20th of 28 factions in the 11th edition field, holding 2.0% of the winning tournament lists the feed carries: 17 lists across 9 detachment builds. Its largest build, Steel Hammer + Abhuman Auxiliaries, took 3 of them, 2 of which could be read and merged into the list below. A player of that build owns 8 datasheets in its spine, 33 models in all. Rank by winners #20 of 28 Share of winners 2.0% Winning lists (GT) 17 lists Last 2 weeks v prior 2 Holding 7 v 8 Feed as of 2026-09-17 [Open in Meta Merge](/metamerge?faction=astra-militarum) [Astra Militarum stratagems](/print/stratagems/astra-militarum) 9 builds · 17 winning lists ## What is winning The detachment builds that won for Astra Militarum at Grand Tournaments, largest share first. Most of them play Priority Assets. | № | Detachment | Lists | Share of winners | Record | Top disposition | Biggest win | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | I | Steel Hammer + Abhuman Auxiliaries | 3 | 18% | 13-3 | Take and Hold | BAYERN MAJOR 40k 2026 · 114p | | II | Grizzled Company | 3 | 18% | 12-3 | Priority Assets | Edmonton Wargaming Open 2026 · 72p | | III | Steel Hammer + Designation Force | 3 | 18% | 12-3 | Purge the Foe | Armed Forces Day 2026 · 40p | | IV | Bridgehead Strike + Mechanised Assault | 2 | 12% | 8-1 | Priority Assets | Ars Manufactorea 40K Italian GT · 32p | | V | Bridgehead Strike + Siege Regiment | 2 | 12% | 8-2 | Priority Assets | X-4 Presents: Cadia sits Down · 36p | | VI | Combined Arms + Bridgehead Strike | 1 | 6% | 4-1 | Take and Hold | Tournoi de Dinan · 30p | | VII | Abhuman Auxiliaries + Mechanised Assault | 1 | 6% | 4-1 | Take and Hold | Tabled Talk: Caliban Drift GT · 35p | | VIII | Combined Arms + Designation Force | 1 | 6% | 4-1 | Reconnaissance | Onslaught x Layton GT · 39p | | IX | Hammer of the Emperor + Designation Force | 1 | 6% | 4-1 | Purge the Foe | Cross-Swords War AT The Westward XI · 35p | Steel Hammer + Abhuman Auxiliaries · 2 of 3 lists merged ## The list Take the spine, choose from the flex, and treat the rest as tech. Copies count only the lists that take a unit; the loadout is the one most of them run. ### Spine in four lists in five or more 8 datasheets - 1 × Stormsword Titan Killer 450 pts 2/2 lists 1x Steel Hammer Keywords: Character · 1x Armoured tracks · 4x Lascannon · 1x Stormsword siege cannon · 5x Twin heavy bolter - 1 × Banesword 415 pts 2/2 lists 1x Armoured tracks · 4x Lascannon · 1x Quake cannon · 5x Twin heavy bolter - 2–3 × Bullgryn Squad 215 pts 2/2 lists 1x Bullgryn Bone 'ead · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Grenadier gauntlet · 1x Slabshield · 5x Bullgryn · 5x Brute Shield · 5x Bullgryn maul · 5x Close combat weapon · 1 of 2 run this loadout - 1 × Lord Solar Leontus Warlord 130 pts 2/2 lists - 1 × Gaunt's Ghosts 95 pts 2/2 lists - 2 × Tech-Priest Enginseer Engine Speaker 60 pts 2/2 lists 1x Enginseer axe · 1x Mechanicus pistol · 1x Servo-arm - 1 × Scout Sentinels 55 pts 2/2 lists 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Heavy flamer · 1x Hunter-killer missile · 1x Sentinel chainsaw · 1 of 2 run this loadout - 2–3 × Commissar Exemplar of Duty (Upgrade) 40 pts 2/2 lists 1x Plasma pistol · 1x Power weapon ### Flex a real choice, in a third of the lists or more 3 datasheets - 1 × Hellhound 125 pts 1/2 lists 1x Armoured tracks · 1x Heavy bolter · 1x Hunter-killer missile · 1x Inferno cannon - 1 × Cadian Shock Troops 70 pts 1/2 lists 1x Shock Trooper Sergeant · 1x Chainsword · 1x Laspistol · 9x Shock Trooper · 9x Close combat weapon · 7x Lasgun · 1x Meltagun · 1x Plasma gun · 1x Vox-caster - 1 × Cadian Command Squad 60 pts 1/2 lists 1x Cadian Commander · 1x Plasma pistol · 1x Power fist · 1x Cadian Veteran Guardsman · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Laspistol · 1x Plasma gun · 1x Cadian Veteran Guardsman · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Lasgun · 1x Master Vox · 1x Cadian Veteran Guardsman · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Lasgun · 1x Medi-pack · 1x Cadian Veteran Guardsman · 1x Close combat weapon · 1x Lasgun · 1x Regimental Standard ### Consensus list 1,385 pts One list, taken from the copies and loadouts most of this build's lists run. 615 pts are left for flex, most often Hellhound (1/2), Cadian Shock Troops (1/2), Cadian Command Squad (1/2). Trimmed to fit 2,000 pts: Hellhound, Cadian Shock Troops, Cadian Command Squad, Bullgryn Squad. META CONSENSUS (1385 points) Astra Militarum Strike Force (2000 points) Steel Hammer and Abhuman Auxiliaries Force Dispositions: Take and Hold Stormsword (450 Points) • Enhancement: Titan Killer • 1x Steel Hammer Keywords: Character • 1x Armoured tracks ◦ 4x Lascannon ◦ 1x Stormsword siege cannon ◦ 5x Twin heavy bolter Banesword (415 Points) • 1x Armoured tracks ◦ 4x Lascannon ◦ 1x Quake cannon ◦ 5x Twin heavy bolter Lord Solar Leontus (130 Points) • Warlord • 1x Conquest ◦ 1x Konstantin's hooves ◦ 1x Sol's Righteous Gaze Gaunt's Ghosts (95 Points) • 1x Ibram Gaunt • 1x Bolt Pistol ◦ 1x Gaunt's chainsword • 1x Colm Corbec • 1x Corbec's hot-shot lascarbine ◦ 1x Straight silver knife • 1x Elim Rawne • 1x Rawne's lascarbine ◦ 1x Straight silver knife • 1x Hlaine Larkin • 1x Larkin's long-las ◦ 1x Straight silver knife • 1x 'Try Again' Bragg • 1x Bragg's autocannon ◦ 1x Straight silver knife • 1x Oan Mkoll • 1x Lascarbine ◦ 1x Mkoll's straight silver knife Tech-Priest Enginseer (60 Points) • Enhancement: Engine Speaker • 1x Enginseer axe ◦ 1x Mechanicus pistol ◦ 1x Servo-arm Tech-Priest Enginseer (60 Points) • Enhancement: Engine Speaker • 1x Enginseer axe ◦ 1x Mechanicus pistol ◦ 1x Servo-arm Scout Sentinels (55 Points) • 1x Close combat weapon ◦ 1x Heavy flamer ◦ 1x Hunter-killer missile ◦ 1x Sentinel chainsaw Commissar (40 Points) • Enhancement: Exemplar of Duty (Upgrade) • 1x Plasma pistol ◦ 1x Power weapon Commissar (40 Points) • Enhancement: Exemplar of Duty (Upgrade) • 1x Plasma pistol ◦ 1x Power weapon Commissar (40 Points) • Enhancement: Exemplar of Duty (Upgrade) • 1x Plasma pistol ◦ 1x Power weapon 11 datasheets · 2 of 2 lists ## The models What a winning Steel Hammer + Abhuman Auxiliaries player puts on the table: the usual number of models per datasheet, and how most of them build it. 33 models in the spine · 49 with the flex · 8 datasheets in the spine | Datasheet | Lists | Models | When taken | How it is built | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Bullgryn Squad | 2/2 | 18 | 12–18 | 15× Bullgryn · 3× Bullgryn Bone 'ead | | Gaunt’s Ghosts | 2/2 | 6 | Always 6 | 1× Ibram Gaunt · 1× Tanith Ghost w/ Bragg's autocannon · 1× Tanith Ghost w/ Corbec's hot-shot lascarbine · 1× Tanith Ghost w/ Larkin's long-las · 1× Tanith Ghost w/ Mkoll's Straight Silver Knife · 1× Tanith Ghost w/ Rawne's lascarbine | | Commissar | 2/2 | 3 | 2–3 | 3× Commissar | | Tech-Priest Enginseer | 2/2 | 2 | Always 2 | 2× Tech-Priest Enginseer | | Banesword | 2/2 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Banesword | | Lord Solar Leontus | 2/2 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Lord Solar Leontus | | Scout Sentinels | 2/2 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Scout Sentinel | | Stormsword | 2/2 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Stormsword | | Cadian Shock Troops | 1/2 | 10 | Always 10 | 6× Shock Trooper · 1× Shock Trooper Sergeant · 1× Shock Trooper w/ Meltagun · 1× Shock Trooper w/ Plasma Gun · 1× Shock Trooper w/ Vox Caster | | Cadian Command Squad | 1/2 | 5 | Always 5 | 1× Cadian Commander · 1× Cadian Veteran Guardsman · 1× Cadian Veteran Guardsman w/ Master vox · 1× Cadian Veteran Guardsman w/ Medi-pack · 1× Cadian Veteran Guardsman w/ Regimental standard | | Hellhound | 1/2 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Hellhound | 3 lists · largest event first ## The sources The lists behind the numbers above, from the largest event down. - Daniel Klammer BAYERN MAJOR 40k 2026 · Steel Hammer + Abhuman Auxiliaries 114p 2026-09-12 4-1 - Eirik Eirik Invasion 2026 40k · Steel Hammer + Abhuman Auxiliaries 106p 2026-09-11 5-1 - Daniel Klammer Zwiebel GT III · Steel Hammer + Abhuman Auxiliaries 30p 2026-08-22 4-1 ## How this is computed A list counts here when it went undefeated or lost once at a Grand Tournament in the weeks the feed covers; the smaller events the tool can add are left out of this page. The feed carries no losing lists, so no share on it is a win rate. 1 list could not be read and is counted as a winner but left out of the merges. The list is sorted by take rate across the build's readable lists: a datasheet in 80% of them or more is spine, 35% or more is flex, and the rest is tech — one player's answer to one matchup. The consensus list takes the number of copies and the loadout most of those lists run for each datasheet, then drops the least-shared datasheets until it fits 2,000 points. Model counts come from the 11th edition catalogue, not from how an export spells its models out. [Imperial Knights Meta](/metamerge/imperial-knights) [Drukhari Meta ](/metamerge/drukhari)